Freightliner adding second shift at Portland plant
PORTLAND, Ore. (July 29, 2004) — Freightliner’s flagship Portland truck-manufacturing plant will begin a second shift and add about 700 full-time employees in August.
The company cited significantly increased demand for Western Star and Freightliner heavy duty trucks produced at the facility. Freightliner will immediately begin recalling and hiring employees to staff the new positions.
“The Freightliner Group continues to see stronger demand across our national heavy duty truck business,” said Rainer E. Schmueckle, president and CEO of Freightliner LLC. “Favorable economic conditions and customers’ need to replace older equipment or expand their operations are driving a robust recovery of the North American Class 8 market.”
The Portland plant –which currently employs 1,100 people on one full production shift — produces a variety of heavy-duty trucks for long haul and vocational applications, including the Coronado, Century Class S/T and the Columbia. Western Star models produced at the plant include the 4900 EX, 4900 FA, 4900 SA and the 6900 XD.
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